STC extends An Iliad with David Wenham

Sydney Theatre Company has added an additional week of performances for An Iliad, with the hit play starring David Wenham now playing an eleven-week season at STC’s Wharf 1 Theatre until 28 June.

Tickets for these additional and final performances are on sale from 11am Tuesday 12 May .

This gripping, new production of Lisa Peterson and Denis O’Hare’s adaptation of Homer’s Ancient Greek saga has garnered five-star reviews and sold-out performances across the season.

Directed by Damien Ryan with a “stupendous tour de force” (The Australian) performance by David Wenham, An Iliad also features live music composed and performed by double bassist Helen Svoboda.

We’ll be talking about this play for years to come” Sydney Morning Herald

Theatre ‘just doesn’t get any better than this’’ The Australian

Captures the dark magic of masterful oral storytelling” The Guardian

An Iliad is serious, humane and deeply moving theatre” Stage Noise

Wenham and Svoboda hold their audience spellbound.” Limelight

Season Details

Venue: Wharf 1 Theatre
Date: 13 May – 28 Jun 2026

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Photo Credit: Daniel Boud